April 13, 2011 Aquarius Platinum to pay $109.7m for 74% of Afarak Platinum Aquarius Platinum (AQP.L: Quote), the world's fourth-largest primary platinum producer, said it would buy 74 percent of Afarak Platinum for $109.7 million to build up its reserves of the precious…
April 13, 2011 SEC delays adoption of new conflict mineral regulations The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has postponed the adoption of rules governing sourcing of minerals from conflict areas around Central Africa, the SEC said on its website. The…
April 12, 2011 China’s Equinox play part of deeper strategy in Africa: Globe and Mail Rita Trichur, writing in Saturday's Globe and Mail, goes behind the headlines in discussing the $6.3 billion bid by China Minmetals to take over TSX-listed Equinox Minerals. The bid, Trichur…
April 12, 2011 Basil Read secures Mozambique coal mine contract JSE-listed Basil Read has entered into an agreement with Beacon Hill Resources to develop the Minas Moatize coal mine, in Mozambique. Read more
April 11, 2011 We have a duty to consider any serious offer – Metorex South African miner Metorex (MTXJ.J: Quote) said on Monday that if there were any other serious offers to acquire it aside from one launched by Brazil's Vale (VALE5.SA: Quote) it…
April 8, 2011 Vale bids $1.13bn for Metorex Brazil's Vale (VALE5.SA: Quote), the world's largest producer of iron ore, has made an offer to acquire South African miner Metorex Ltd (MTXJ.J: Quote) for 7.5 billion rand ($1.13 billion),…
April 8, 2011 Gold Fields says March quarterly production is expected to decline Gold Fields GFIJ. said on Friday that its attributable group production for the March quarter was expected to decline from the previous quarter to about 830,000 ounces. "As expected production…
April 6, 2011 DRDGold expects march quarter gold production to decline South African gold miner DRDGold (DRDJ.J: Quote) said on Wednesday that it expected gold production for March quarter to be about three percent lower than the previous quarter at around…
March 31, 2011 Newcrest suspends Ivory Coast gold ops on security issues Newcrest said in a brief announcement today that it has suspended operations at the Bonikro gold mine "as a precautionary measure" and evacuated expatriates to neighbouring Ghana. This is not…
March 29, 2011 General Director of MMC Norilsk Nickel meets South African President Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, the General Director and Chairman of the Management Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel (the Company) met with the President of the Republic of South Africa Jakob Zuma in…
Chile ready to sign lithium operation contract for Maricunga salt flat The project is managed by Codelco and Rio Tinto. January 27, 2026 | 09:54 am
